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Jean De La Bruyere Inspirational Quotes (246)

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Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
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I do not doubt but that genuine piety is the spring of peace of mind it enables us to bear the sorrows of life, and lessens the pangs of death: the same cannot be said of hypocrisy.
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The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.
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When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other rule to judge it by it is fine and written in a masterly manner.
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Love receives its death-wound from aversion, and forgetfulness buries it.
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A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.
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There are only three events in a man's life birth, life, and death he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.
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People reveal their character even in the simplest things they do. Fools do not enter a room, nor leave it, nor sit down, nor rise, nor are they silent, nor do they stand up, like people of sense and understanding.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself a modest man does not talk of himself.
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Children are overbearing, supercilious, passionate, envious, inquisitive, egotistical, idle, fickle, timid, intemperate, liars, and dissemblers they laugh and weep easily, are excessive in their joys and sorrows, and that about the most trifling objects they bear no pain, but like to inflict it on others already they are men.
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It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?
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The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without remedy.
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When a plain-looking woman is loved, it is certain to be very passionately for either her influence on her lover is irresistible, or she has some secret and more irresistible charms than those of beauty.
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Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.
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The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it?
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Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
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Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
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A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.
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I take sanctuary in an honest mediocrity.
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
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Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?
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